2007-06-16 13:50:16 · 6 answers · asked by cmyfoo 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Freezing it will certainly lower the specific gravity as it entraps air and moves to a crystaline form. That's why ice floats.
Apart from moving it through its various phases, the only other alternatives are to add something (e.g., salt) to the water.
Edit: chuckle -- re: the WD-40 reference. It's an avatar from another forum. I was disrecommending it as a form of personal protection
2007-06-16 13:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by C Anderson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either heating it or cooling it will change the specific gravity. Water actually has a specific gravity of 1 only at 4 degrees Centigrade.
2007-06-16 22:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperature changes the specific gravity. If that was not true than why does ice float on water?
p.s.
Does that guy above me not like wd-40?
2007-06-16 21:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in its original form
2007-06-16 20:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by roy40371 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well steam makes it lighter is this what u mean?thus it floats away no gravity
2007-06-16 20:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by the gate keeper 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, no sweat,
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/images/phase.gif
then
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~huskey/images/PVT_phase_diagram.jpg
and
http://www.nims.go.jp/water/publication.html
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/demolab/phpBB/pics/2_2_icePVT.gif
2007-06-16 21:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋